Rail-tie.



L. OWEN.

1 RAILTIE.

' APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 30. 1912.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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ot plastie mat rial and improved reintore- BEST};

VARABLE co LAFE GWEN, OF LAW'TON, OKLAHOMA.

RAIL-TIE.

Original application filed September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718.731.

November 30, 1912.

To all 1/ /1011! it may concern I50 it known that l, LAW! ()wt-xx. a(-itizen ot. H10 l nited States. residing at Lawton. in the rounty ot'(omanrhe and State ot' ()ldahoma. have invented eert'aiu 110w and usefullmprovements in hail-'l'ies. ot" whieh the t'ollowing is aspeeitiration. reterenre being: had to the :ttt't1IttptH1 \'i|t SIdrawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rail ties. the sameeonstitutingg' a division of 1111' prior appli 'ation lor patentts'erial Numher T151731. tiled H0pten1h0r 5, IEHQ, and has for itsprimar ohjeet to protlure a dural iile and inexpensive rail tieeonstrueted ing or strengthening" means Hieret'or.

.\notl10rol1 et't ot' the invention resides 111 Specification of LettersPatent.

the provision ol :1 rontrete tie provided with longitudinalreint'oreing' rods emhedded therein. one of said rods proierting -j l10\'ond the ends of the tie. and a tie plate 1 seated upon the uppersnrlaeo ot' the tie and j rooperathur with the projeeting ends ot the 1rein't'o-rring rod wherehy the plate is heldI in position upon the tie.

htill another ohjeet ot the invention is to provide a supporting, tieFor rails whit-h is simple in eonstruetion, extrelnetv strong anddurahle in praetit-al use and n1a v he easily and quiekly plaeed inposition heneath the rails.

With the ahovand other ohjet'ts in view as will heroine apparent as thedeseription prmeeds, the invention eonsists in (tt'ttlilt eonstruetitms,eomhinations and arrangg'e- I inents ot' the parts that I shallhereinafter t'ully d0seril10 and elaim.

For a tull tu1derstanding ot the invention. ret'erenee is to he had tothe following d0- seript'ion and aeeompanying drawing, in wh ie.l1

l igure, l is :1 perspet-tive view of one end 0t a. rail supporting tieemhodving the present invention; Fig. 9 is a transverse seetion ot' thetie; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie reint'oreetnent.

Re't'erring in detail to the drawing. 5 designates the hotly ot the. tiewhieh is eonstruetied o'l' concrete or other plastic material, said tiebeing hollow and ot st1l1stantially inverted U-shaped t'orm in eross Settion as elearly shown in Fig. 2. liy producing the tie in the erossset-tional t'orni shown,

parallel vertieal supportin; legs i are formed \vhteh are eonnet-ted hyan interatentetl Mar. 4, 1913. Divided and this application filed SerialNo. 734.425. 1

mediate areh. The rail indieated at it isv seated upon H10 top of thisareh and in order to equally distribute the load pressure throughout thecross seetional area ot' the tie and to prevent said tie from rrumhlingor breathing: I provide reinforcing means to hrare or Strengthen theplastic tie structure hoth transversely and longitudinallythereof.

The reint'ort'ing means lIlt'ltKltS parallel longitudinal rods T \vhiehare embedded in the plastie material when the tie is molded or t'ormed.'lransverse eon11er'tin' tie rods H eonneet the longitudinal rods 7 andhold the same in spared relation. These tie rods are ea 'h provided witha series ot'spat'ed 0 ves 5 the rods 7 extending through the orrespnding eyes of the several tie rods. The eentral longitudinal rod T issomewhat. longer than thoremaining rods so that the same projeets at itsends heyond the end of H10 tie as t'learl shown in Fig. t. The e.\'tremities ol' this longer rod. are hoveled ot' inelined do\\'11\vardl vand outwardl as indieated at it) for a purpose whieh will he t-learl vpointed out in the following deseription.

The tie plate It extends longitudinally upon H10 upper surtat'e ot thetie atul is lorated 0011trall v thereon. The ends ot this tie plate areangularl) hent to 0xt0nd downwardly over the ends ot' the H as indiratedat 1:3 and are provided with reetangular openings 13 to reteive theprojeeting ends of the t-entral reint'oreing rod 7. iiu, the tie platein position on the tie. the extremities of said tie plate engage andhear against H10 heveled or inrlined surt'aees ll) on the ends otthe rodT and ride over H10 same. When the tie plate has heen "fort-eddownwardly into engagement with the upper sin-tare ot' the tie, the endsof the rods 7 spring outwardly through the openings 13, thereby serurelylooking; the tie plate in position.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings. I have illustrated a t'astening means for therail .R indieated generally by the numeral I l \\'lll(.'ll is mountedupon the tie plate 11. This fa tenin'gmeansissperitieallvdeserih0dandelaimed in my prior applieation hereinhetore reterred to,to \vhieh referent-t1 may he had. it is ohvions. however, that anydesired fastening means t'or H10 rail may he emplo yed in eomhinationwith my improved tie jtrueture.

In plae-' It will be apparent that by providing a plastic tie with thesemicircular arrangement of the longitudinal bars 7 and series oftransverse connecting bars having eyes to support said longitudinalrods, a maximum of strength is secured, the vertical pressure upon thelongitudinal rods being 'irected inwardly toward the center of the tieat its base while the transverse. rods equally distribute the strainupon the homogeneous plastic tie body throughout its cross sectionalarea. It will at the same time be appreciatcd that the'tie may bereadily formed in a suitable mold and that its cost of manu-. facturewill therefore be comparatively small. It. will also be seen that thetie plate upon which the rail directly rests may be easily and quicklyarranged in position upon the tie and securely connected thereto\vithout necessitating the manipulation of the numerous bolts oranalogous fastening de vices.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and severaladvantages of my improved -ail supporting tie will be clearlyunderstood. The tie may be very quickly arranged in position beneath therails as the same are comparatively light without, however, sacrificingthe strength, durability or SCIVlCOtll'JlClltSH of the tie structure.

While l have herein disclosed the preferred form and construction of theseveral elements employed, it will be obvious that the invention issusceptible of considerable modification without departing from tlteessentialteatures or sacrificing any of the advai'itages thereof.

Having thus described the invention,

what. is claimed is:

1. A tie constructed from plastic material 7 having parallel verticallegs connected by an intermediate arch, and reinforcing means embeddedin the tic body ctm'lprising a series of parallel longitudinal rods, andtransversely disposed tie rods each provided with.

a plurality of eyes in which the longitudinal rods are loosely disposed.

2. A tie constructed from plastic material having parallel vertical legseoi'mected by an intermediate arch, and reinforcing means embedded inthe tie body comprising a series of parallel longitudinal rods, andsubstantially semicircular tie rods conforming to the cross sectionalshape of the tie and extending through the vertical legs andintermediate arch thereof, each of said tie rods being providedwith aplu 'ality of eyes in which the longitudinal rods are loosely mounted.

3. The coz'ubinat-ion with a. tie, of spring members projecting fromopposite ends of the tie, and a tie plate mounted upon said tie andhaving its ends angularly bent to extend downwardly over the ends of thetie and engage said spring members, the ends of said tie plate beingprovided with openings to receivethe spring members whereby said ticplate is held in position.

4. The combination with a tie, a rod eX- tending longitudinally throughthe tie, the ends of said rod projecting beyond the ends of the tie andbeing resiliently movable, and a tie plate arranged upon said tie andhaving angularly bent ends to extend downwardly over the ends of the tieand engage the ends of said rod and force the same from their normalpositions, said tie plate being provided in its ends with openingstoreceive the ends of the rod whereby said plate is secured in positionupon the tie.

A tie constructed from plasti material, reinlforciug means embedded insaid tie, including longitudinally extending rods, one of said rodsprojecting beyond the ends of the tie and having downwardly andoutwardly inclined faces, and a tie plate'haw ing its ends angularlybent and provided with openings, said augularly bent ends of the tieplate engaging the inclined faces of the reinforcing rods when saidplate is seated in position upon the tie, the ends of said rodprojecting through the openings of the tie plate to secure the rod onthe tie.

, ti. A rail supporting tie, a rod secured in said tie and projectingbeyond the ends thereof, said rod having outwardly and downwardlyinclined faces, and a tie plate having angularly bent ends to engageover the endsot the tie and provided with openings to'receive the endsol said rod whereby the tie plate is secured in position on the tie. intestimony whereof I hereunto altix my signature in the 'n'esence of twowitnesses.

LAl E OWEN.

WVitnesses:

H. N. Porn, S. 'R. llAnrnn.

